MLB standings through games of August 9, 1977

MLB standings at the end of August 9, 1977

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	107	64	43	0	.598		564	489	30-21	34-22	10-0	Won 10
Baltimore Orioles	110	63	47	0	.573	2.5	448	440	33-20	30-27	6-4	Won 2
New York Yankees	109	60	49	0	.550	5.0	544	459	33-18	27-31	6-4	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	110	50	60	0	.455	15.5	474	487	26-26	24-34	4-6	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	114	50	64	0	.439	17.5	455	528	28-30	22-34	4-6	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	108	46	62	0	.426	18.5	452	536	22-28	24-34	3-7	Lost 6
Toronto Blue Jays	109	39	70	0	.358	26.0	414	557	21-33	18-37	5-5	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Chicago White Sox	109	65	44	0	.596		610	528	37-20	28-24	3-7	Won 2
Minnesota Twins	113	65	48	0	.575	2.0	631	527	38-18	27-30	7-3	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	109	62	47	0	.569	3.0	491	430	27-26	35-21	8-2	Won 3
Kansas City Royals	108	61	47	0	.565	3.5	546	466	34-23	27-24	6-4	Lost 2
California Angels	108	54	54	0	.500	10.5	474	431	31-27	23-27	7-3	Won 6
Seattle Mariners	114	48	66	0	.421	19.5	453	574	24-36	24-30	3-7	Lost 3
Oakland A's	110	42	68	0	.382	23.5	397	501	25-34	17-34	0-10	Lost 11

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	108	64	44	0	.593		541	459	41-14	23-30	7-3	Won 5
Chicago Cubs	110	64	46	0	.582	1.0	522	495	37-19	27-27	5-5	Won 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	112	63	49	0	.562	3.0	535	496	39-15	24-34	4-6	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	113	62	51	0	.549	4.5	527	459	37-18	25-33	6-4	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	111	52	59	0	.468	13.5	465	523	26-29	26-30	4-6	Lost 1
New York Mets	109	47	62	0	.431	17.5	403	429	28-28	19-34	5-5	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	112	68	44	0	.607		547	416	30-20	38-24	4-6	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	111	56	55	0	.505	11.5	582	544	35-24	21-31	6-4	Won 1
San Francisco Giants	113	52	61	0	.460	16.5	482	514	26-29	26-32	5-5	Won 4
Houston Astros	114	52	62	0	.456	17.0	432	477	32-29	20-33	4-6	Lost 3
San Diego Padres	116	49	67	0	.422	21.0	530	611	21-34	28-33	4-6	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	109	40	69	0	.367	26.5	465	608	29-29	11-40	5-5	Won 2

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 3, Indians 1 at Baltimore (night game):
Run-scoring singles by Elliott Maddox and Lee May in the eighth inning provided the Orioles with a 3-1 victory over the Indians. Pinch-hitter Tony Muser doubled to open the stanza and scored on Maddox' single to break a 1-1 tie. After Ken Singleton was retired, May singled to drive in the Orioles' insurance run.

White Sox 13, Mariners 3 at Chicago (night game):
The White Sox smashed six homers, raising their season's total to 144 to break the club record, while mauling the Mariners, 13-3. The former White Sox high for homers in one season was 138, set in 1961 and tied in 1971. Dan Meyer homered for the Mariners with a man on base in the first inning, but after that the White Sox sluggers took charge with two circuit clouts by Eric Soderholm and one each by Chet Lemon, Oscar Gamble, Jim Essian and Royle Stillman. One man was aboard on each of Soderholm's blows.

[DH] Tigers 4, Brewers 2 (night game) / Brewers 6, Tigers 4 at Detroit (night game):
With the aid of two homers by Steve Brye, Bill Travers gained his first victory since April 29 as the Brewers split a twi-night doubleheader with the Tigers. Dave Rozema brought his rookie record to 12-4 by pitching the Tigers to a 4-2 victory in the opener before Travers gained a 6-4 decision in the nightcap. Rozema allowed five hits, but Cecil Cooper homered in the fourth inning and doubled and scored on a single by Sal Bando in the seventh to give the Brewers a 2-1 lead. The Tigers came back with a three-run rally in their half, starting with the tying homer by Jason Thompson. Ben Oglivie and John Wockenfuss followed with singles. Tom Veryzer then drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly and Ron LeFlore plated an insurance tally with a double. In the second game, Tito Fuentes homered with a man on base and Bob Adams added a solo swat for the Tigers, but Brye, Jim Wohlford and Lenn Sakata each batted in two runs for the Brewers. Brye's first homer tied the score at 3-3 in the fifth inning and his second swat in the next inning sent the Brewers ahead to stay.

Blue Jays 6, Twins 2 at Toronto (night game):
The Blue Jays set an attendance record for an expansion club and marked the occasion by defeating the Twins, 6-2. The crowd of 23,450 brought the Blue Jays' total to 1,219,551, surpassing the previous first-year mark of 1,212,608 by the Expos in 1969. Jesse Jefferson limited the Twins to four hits. The Blue Jays opened the scoring with three runs in the second inning on a walk to Otto Velez, doubles by Sam Ewing and Al Woods and a single by Steve Staggs. Roy Howell homered in the third and Doug Ault added a round-tripper in the fourth when the Blue Jays counted their final two runs.

Reds 4, Dodgers 0 at Los Angeles (night game):
Doug Capilla pitched no-hit ball for 6 2/3 innings before giving up an infield single for the Dodgers' only safety in a 4-0 loss to the Reds. Ron Cey rapped a one-hopper off Capilla's glove, with the ball bouncing to Dave Concepcion, whose throw to first was an eyelash too late to catch Cey. After the Dodgers put two men on base on an error and walk in the eighth, Pedro Borbon relieved Capilla and completed the one-hitter. The Reds' attack included a two-run homer by Pete Rose.

Padres 8, Expos 3 at Montreal (day game):
Gene Tenace drove in three runs with a pair of homers and Dave Winfield accounted for two runs with a single as the Padres defeated the Expos, 8-3. Gene Tenace led off the sixth inning with his first homer of the game to break a 2-2 tie. After two outs, Dave Freisleben and Gene Richards singled and both Bill Almon and Mike Ivie walked to force in another run before Winfield hit his single. Tenace homered again with a man on base in the ninth.

Mets 4, Cardinals 1 at New York (night game):
After starting a double play to escape from a bases-loaded jam in the first inning, Nino Espinosa proceeded to pitch the Mets to a 4-1 victory over the Cardinals. Keith Hernandez rapped to Espinosa to leave the Cardinals with nothing to show for filling the sacks with one away. The Mets didn't waste opportunities in their half of the first, scoring three runs. Lenny Randle was safe on an error by Garry Templeton and counted the first tally on singles by Felix Millan and Steve Henderson. John Milner also singled, driving in the second run, and the third counted as Mike Vail bounced into a twin killing. Milner also doubled a run home in the fifth.

Cubs 4, Pirates 1 at Pittsburgh (night game):
The Pirates' home winning streak of 14 games was snapped by the Cubs, who got two RBIs each from George Mitterwald and Bill Buckner to gain a 4-1 victory. A walk to Dave Parker and double by Bill Robinson accounted for the Pirates' run off Ray Burris in the first inning. Buckner hit his homer in the third. Then the Cubs then beat Jerry Reuss with two runs in the fourth when Bobby Murcer singled, Manny Trillo doubled and both scored on Mitterwald's two-bagger. Buckner's single added the final tally in the ninth.

[DH] Giants 4, Astros 3 (night game) / Giants 5, Astros 0 at San Francisco (night game):
The Giants won the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, 4-3, although Jim Barr, Randy Moffitt and Gary Lavelle gave up 13 hits, but they had easier sailing in the second game when Bob Knepper pitched a four-hitter to shut out the Astros, 5-0. The Giants collected 11 hits in the opener, with a single by Willie McCovey accounting for two RBIs. Bob Watson also drove in two runs for the Astros with a double and single. Knepper had a no-hitter going in the nightcap until Joe Ferguson doubled with two out in the sixth inning. The Giants scored two runs off Gene Pentz in the first on a bases-loaded walk to Jack Clark and single by Terry Whitfield. Pentz also handed the Giants their final run in the third by committing a balk with the bases loaded.